Esophageal Cancer
Risk of esophageal carcinoma patients developing postoperative pneumonia linked to preoperative chemoradiation
Published in Blood Weekly, November 16th, 2006
According to a recent article published in the journal Langenbecks Archives of Surgery, scientists in Japan conducted a study "to examine the difference in hematological data and postsurgical course after esophagectomy between patients receiving preoperative chemoradiation and patients without preoperative treatment. Twenty-two patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus who underwent esophagectomy during the past 2 years were retrospectively analyzed in the study."
"Six patients had...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2006-11-16)
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